Apex Branding and Design

TEL: 719-290-6161

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO

ABOUT APEX

Lofty strategic planning without high-quality creative can leave your brand image flat. APEX can help you achieve new heights. We are a marketing-based branding and design studio located in the heart of the Rocky Mountain West. Our main focus is to help you create your brand, tell your story and achieve your marketing goals. We offer integrity, experience, a teamwork approach, and top-notch creative services. Contact us today to start a conversation.

BRANDING

It's the new buzzword, but it's roots stretch back to the American West. Cattle ranchers created unique symbols to mark (ouch) and protect their herds from rustlers and thieves. Today the objectives are different, but we'll help you make the process a bit less...painful.

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PRINT

It's far from dead. Not even on life support. Our clients still need and appreciate well conceived and on-target printed materials. From brochures and posters to annual reports and editorial publications, APEX can guide the process from idea to paper.

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DIGITAL

It's all around us. It's our new DNA. Digital communications are critical to all your branding and marketing efforts. APEX can provide thoughtful and effective strategic digital assets from email and web campaigns to social media key artwork and digital publication libraries. We even offer content hubs that are perfect online destinations to reach your target audience. Need a new website or a web facelift? Our team can ensure an effective brand translation to your site.

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EVENT PROMOTION

From local festivals to business conferences to world-class sporting events, APEX can brand your events and help you create and execute effective marketing campaigns to attract attendees. And our custom-branded content hubs are a perfect way for your audience to follow your events whether they are onsite, across town or across the globe.

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EDITORIAL

Books, magazines, newsletters. Any of these might be a crucial part of your brand story. Whether your audience prefers traditional printed publications, or reading from their go-to electronic devices, design still matters more than ever. APEX can help you create engaging publications, assist in generating content, and supervise the printing or digital publishing of your periodicals.

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Environmental

It's often overlooked. But branding the walls around us can seriously improve the morale and attitudes of the workers who exist in otherwise bleak environments day after day. APEX can help create uplifting, positive work spaces that feature motivational messages, inspiring images and make for really cool places for employees and clients alike.

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exhibit design

From large show booths to simple 10' x 10' exhibits or even smaller flexible display spaces, APEX can provide beautiful, cost-effective solutions. We evaluate visual impact, portability, durability and budget concerns to help you create eye-catching exhibits to tell your story.

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from our clients

If you want your job done right, with a refreshing design perspective that absolutely pops off a page, using the greatest attention to detail and a solutions-oriented approach, you simply can’t go anywhere else but APEX. Dave has been my Designer-In-Chief for 18 years now and I’ve trusted him to create it all including logos, magazines, media guides, websites, advertisements, billboards, campaigns and even my own wedding invitation. I’ve trusted him with everything and in return, the companies and communities I have worked for have reaped the reward of great graphic design execution.

KOM Sports Marketing has worked almost exclusively with Dave Kottler over the 14 years of our company. It is testament to the high degree of confidence in his superior design and creativity. We have worked seamlessly to create numerous logos, brand identity and campaigns over the years, some with award-winning results for world-class events.

Dave Kottler of APEX Communications is far and away the best designer for USA Hockey’s needs. He brings refreshingly creative ideas to our projects while maintaining the highest standards of quality and cost efficiency that are often required for our organization.

Dave Kottler has been an integral part of our branding and communications efforts for 15+ years. He is patient and flexible with our 11th hour projects, and has a keen ability to listen to our needs and wants before delivering designs and products that exceed our expectations. Our brand would not be where it is today without Apex Design.

Dave and the APEX Communications team blew it out of the park for our biggest event of the year. With very little direction, Dave created a professional yet unique look for our booth at the 2019 Adobe Summit. We are so grateful for his years of experience in this industry, where he knows what does and doesn't work. His attention to detail is top notch. I'd recommend Dave time and time again.

When I was entrusted with the monumental task of rebuilding a faith-based publication with a circulation of 30,000, I turned to Dave Kottler for the design and overall branding. It was the beginning of a incredibly fruitful relationship. We won a major general excellence first place award for our circulation size right away in our first year and won several graphic/ad design awards every year. Dave's design sensibilities led to a publication that brought instant credibility and excitement — he brought the content alive. Dave is a blast to collaborate with, easy to communicate with, works fast, has great creative energy and knows how to work with the client to help them find that all-important logo or branding. I can't recommend him enough. He is an expert and leader in the field.